SC ABA Task Force

2018 Task Force Update:Active task force members: Shannon Doughty, David Green, Kerri Krauss, Mark Knight, Scott Braud, Zahra Hajiaghamohseni, and Anna Craft with Matt Legray joining the licensure group in November 2018. The task force has been meeting once a month to discuss items that were identified as priorities by stakeholders in the Spring 2018 stakeholder survey. As a result of these meetings, the task force recommended bringing in a conference speaker to discuss licensure.

Medicaid update: Kerri Krauss and Anna Craft continue to hold routine calls with DHHS representative to discuss provider interests. DHHS did make administrative and clinical changes to the policy in July 2018.

OBM initiative: Aaron Check, Zahra Hajiaghamohseni, and Kerri Pakurar have worked together to improve SC ABA using an OBM approach. These initiatives include a 2018 stakeholder survey, goal setting, improving processes for stakeholders, increased community involvement and much more! This group is currently still implementing OBM interventions as we work towards our 2018 SC ABA conference.

2017 Task Force Update: As most of you are aware, SC ABA recently formed a Task Force comprised of members who seek to gather information and make recommendations to the Board for ways to further accomplish the mission of SC ABA and to address the every-growing changes in our state. The following group of individuals from across the state comprise the Task Force and have been working on these critical issues: Courtney Thames, David Green, Kelly Long, Kerri Krauss, Shelly Weathers, Matt Wood, Melissa Farah, Melody Nichols, Nicole Orsini, and Zahra Hajiaghamohseni. Current Board members also participte and former Board members Scott Braud, Meghan Helman, and Billy Edwards are serving in an advisory capacity. The task force has been meeting twice a month, and every week as of late, in an effort to affect change.

As a critical time in our state approached for DDHS to determine how to roll out changes to the Medicaid program as it relates to autism services, the Task Force proposed a survey of our members. They felt that in order to better serve our membership, we needed to understand the current issues and how they were impacting providers. The SC ABA Task Force created the following survey (see results through the link below) to assess the needs in our state and the current practices of behavior analysis with regard to funding, specifically Medicaid.

The Task Force nominated the following members to speak directly with Medicaid about the roll out of their policies: Scott Braud, Matt Wood, David Green, and Kerri Krauss. This group has, in fact, already met directly with the members of DHHS that are creating the policies. We appreciate the time they, and all members involved in this process to date, have devoted, and we appreciate their efforts on behalf of all impacted families across the state.